who named each day of the week?

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Answer 1

They are based on Roman gods.

Answer 2

The roman ceasars actually had much to do about what was named after them. Most of the months hold clues as to which emperor was honored by the title. And in rome there were gods associated with the days of the week.
[currently only Saturday was retained as a Roman specific named Day of the week]

the germanic peoples were also wide spread as the german area was "colonizing" europe before England put an arrow in a branch and called it a bow. The Germanic tribes were responsible for a lot of the days being attributed to certain gods.
[currently Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are retained from the germanic peoples]

When the two cultures met and fought, one eventually won. Go figure which one that was. Once each others cultures were introduced to each other the simularities were strikingly amazing. The two cultures in certain aspects blended nicely in specific areas.
[currently Monday is a reflection that both cultures had the same idea for the same day of the week]

However, once the Catholic Church was established and had a modicum of power in reserve, the Church began to coallese these features into one organized form to reference.
[currently Sunday is retained from the Catholic Church]

Since at that time Rome was the biggest seat in the Catholic Order, it is safe to say that the Roman organizers of the Catholic faith were responsible for the naming of just about everything we utilize today on a global scale. From Roman letters to Roman Numbers (which eventually gave way to the Arabic numbers, they were better mathmeticians and accountants).....all the way to language structure and reference points to amass the people to pay more taxes and understand why they were paying more taxes.

Monday- Day of the Moon
Tuesday- Day of Tiw or Twi (spelling is odd and different in different parts of the area, also known as Tyr)
Wednesday-Day of Wodnes (Old English spelling of Odin)
Thursday- Day of Thor
Friday- Day of Frigg or Freya as both are names for the same Goddess, again geographic and timeline difference)
Saturday- Day of Saturn/Cronos (Zeus' Father)
Sunday- Day of the Sun/Son (which is odd, as the Sun was the Symbol of the Apollo/Mithras/Sol Invictus cult which had much support in the Roman culture when Christianity was brought together. It is speculated without documentation, that Jesus was deified by the ceaser to place his followers into a posistion where Jesus could be thought of as Apollo/Mithras/Sol Invictus)

Answer 3

I always figured that the days of the week had something to do with astronomy, as the prefixes of each word mean something.

Monday begins with 'Mon,' so I guess that's similiar to 'moon', where as Sunday begins with 'Sun,' and you can obviously guess what that refers to. As for who named the days I think it also had something to do with Julius Caesar, as he invented the modern calendar that we use today. In ancient times, civilzations like Ancient Egypt and the Mayans had their own calenders, each with 365 days for the year. Thier calenders were usually based on the stars and the seasons.

Anyway, I'm almost sure it was Caesar, and the days of the week probably have a Latin translation as well. In Spanish, Monday is 'Lunes,' which can be related to 'Luna,' the spanish word for 'moon,' which has a similiar meaning in Latin.

Answer 4

Tew's day, Woden's Day, Thor's day, Freya's day.

The rest are of course Saturn's day, the Sun's day, and the Moon's day.

Those crazy ancient people, worshiping those planets that only look like little tiny specks in the sky, assuming they are Gods? How silly! Unless of course modern day scientists are idiots and the way the solar system looks now isn't how it's existed for millions of years. Yeah, they're definitely idiots. I'll give my ancestors a little credit, they knew the planets were large rocky bodies and that they'd hurl lightning bolts. I can see how they wouldn't know what the hell it is they're seeing so they try to describe them as best they can so it just sounds ridiculous.

Answer 5

The Roman people, as did other ancient civilizations, named the days of the week after the sun, moon and planets, which were gods...

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Answer 6

The Babylonians

Answer 7

I assume you are talking about the english names which are Norse
monday - moon. tuesday -tiw`s day. Wednesday -Wodens day. Thursday - Thors day. Friday Frigg or Friars day and saturday Saturns day.

Answer 8

I don't know who, but they're named after Gods and planetary bodies

Answer 9

They represent like greek mythology gods, so blame the preist people

Answer 10

Dr. Evil's father. He also invented the question mark.